Night Show [Paperback]

Richard Laymon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1986

In the middle of filming a horror movie the monster comes alive. The author has also written "The Cellar", "The Cellar II - the Beast House", "Beware" and "The Woods are Dark".

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Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Tor Books (October 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812521064
• ISBN-13: 978-0812521061
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 3.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,830,159 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Who doesn't love Laymon?, April 5, 2001

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mellion108 (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Night Show (Paperback)

Dani Larson is the queen of movie special effects (so says the back cover). Dani is a typical young American woman--she wants to be successful, she wants to find love and romance, and she wants a nice, peaceful life. Two out of three ain't bad. Dani thinks she has everything she could ever want, but then she meets up with her stalker, a young, naive and not incredibly bright man who wants to pay homage to his idol so that he too can break into the FX business. But it wouldn't be Laymon if the novel stopped there. Laymon throws in a side story of a terrorized young woman and how she goes about seeking revenge. How all of these people meet is true, classic Laymon.

This is a quick, easy-to-read splatter novel. Laymon doesn't pull any punches when he writes his horror, and this is only one of the many things I've always loved about his writing. NIGHT SHOW reads like a creepy, cheesy horror film--damsels in distress, things lurking in the shadows, blood and guts. If you want intricate, challenging material, this isn't it! Laymon is one of the great masters of shock horror, and this particular novel is a fast, gritty, gory little read. Is it his best? Not even close. But a Laymon novel is always a fun, gut-wrenching ride. If you can find Night Show, and you can tolerate schlock, you might just like this one.

Richard Laymon, you are greatly missed.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars One of Laymon's little time-fillers., June 12, 2002

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Mark Finch (London, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Night Show (Paperback)

This doesn't even come close to being one of Laymon's best (or even memorable) works.

A great idea: the female "Queen" of special f/x for horror movies is hounded by a desperate freak (who tries to make a name for himself by scaring the hell out of "ordinary folk") trying to break into the business and become her protege, while he in turn is being tracked down by a girl he played a cruel prank on in high school. Unfortunately, a great idea is all it is. The book is written in the most predictable and uninteresting way.

This makes a time-filler, as it does have some trashy horror value, but that's about all; you really don't care what happens to the characters, and the ending is very disappointing. Laymon could do much better than this. Read one of his other books instead.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars OK for Laymon, October 7, 2002

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Daniel Byrd "danbyrd30" (Katy, Tx) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Night Show (Paperback)

I read this book in about one day while home sick. It was, well...just OK. He has written alot better. Some horror, some action, it held my intrest while bed bound. But by the end, I just wanted to know what happens so I could put it down, I just did'nt care about the caracters by the end.